googleblog.blogspot.com - 12/17/2008
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A few months back, we announced some pretty big upgrades to Picasa and Picasa Web Albums for English-speaking users in the U.S. On the PC side, we rolled out a brand-new version of Picasa , with a slew of new tools like effortless web sync, movie editing, and photo-retouching capabilities. On ...
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blog.wired.com - 12/15/2008
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blog.wired.com —
Google is taking some heat this morning from
a Wall Street journal piece that argues the company...
is abandoning its support of network neutrality in an attempt to make sites like YouTube faster than the competition. The WSJ claims that Google has ...
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Google Blasts WSJ, Says it's Still 'Committed to Network ...
gizmodo.com - 12/16/2008
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gizmodo.com —
Vudu has announced a plan of expansion for
its formerly closed set top box. The company has...
initiated a platform for developing web applications while expanding free content on Vudu boxes immediately. As of today, a new Vudu Labs area on standard ...
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VUDU Offering 120 Channels of Free Media with New App ...
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Picasa 3.1 released; name tags localized in 38 languages
D' Technology Weblog —
... and the “name tags” feature rolled out to all 38 languages. If you’ve been waiting to try the new photo-collage feature in Picasa, or been curious to see how clustering technology can automatically find similar faces across your photo collection, now, you can visit picasa.google.com to download Picasa 3.1, or sign in to Picasa Web Albums to get started with name tags.
More info: Google Blog ...
Picasa Updates to 3.1, Supports 38 Languages and Name Tags [Picasa]
Lifehacker —
... . The biggest news in this release is that Picasa 3.1 adds support for 38 languages and name tags just in time for managing all your holiday pics.
Google Language, Land Expansions Take Place
WebProNews Feed —
... of the Official Google Analytics Blog has been introduced. Some posts will be crossovers from the original, while others will relate more France-specific information and tips. Then there are the big steps forward involving Picasa. The picture-sharing site's most recently introduced features have been made available in 38 languages. Also, as Jason Cook wrote on the Official Google Blog , "[W]e just launched automatic comment translation on Picasa Web Albums, which harnesses Google Translate to make sure you know that '美麗的落日' means 'Beautiful sunset!'"Finally, we have a ...
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